Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Browse 13 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.

Data last refreshed: Jul 31, 2026

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Q1 — Top 25%

4 journals
Journal IF
Organization Science
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
56.90
Administrative Science Quarterly
SAGE
56.90
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Elsevier BV
13.61
Business Horizons
Elsevier BV
8.87

Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile

3 journals
Journal IF
Journal of Business Research
Elsevier BV
8.15
Academy of Management Review
Academy of Management
7.14
Research Policy
Elsevier BV
6.73

Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile

3 journals
Journal IF
Industrial Marketing Management
Elsevier BV
6.48
Strategic Management Journal
Wiley
6.19
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
5.59

Q4 — Bottom 25%

3 journals
Journal IF
Management Decision
Emerald Publishing Limited
5.51
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management
5.25
Long Range Planning
Elsevier BV
4.55

Understanding Journal Quartile Rankings

Quartile rankings (Q1-Q4) are a standard way to categorize academic journals within a subject. They're calculated by ordering all journals in a category by their citation rate (or SJR score) and dividing them into four equal groups.

Note: When official Scopus/JCR quartile data is available we use it. Otherwise quartiles are approximated by ranking journals within the selected subject by their latest citation rate.

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